Health experts warn that prolonged exposure to digital devices is contributing to a surge in mental health issues among children, with growing evidence connecting screen habits to emotional and behavioural disorders.

It’s been revealed that more young Australians are starting school with poor emotional regulation and social skills than ever before. Screen time has played a massive part in that.

Author David Gillespie told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, “We’ve seen massive increases in rates of anxiety, depression and ADHD, all of the things associated with increasing the use of addictive things.” 

“It’s a few specific apps that are carefully engineered to create an addictive state in the human brain,” Gillespie said.

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